Improved broom or mop-clamp



-may be.

inted wiat E'UGENE cHaPMA-N, or'LAcoNl, I-LLINoIs.

Letters .Patent No. 107,336, dated ;S'qtcmbcr 13, 1870. i

IMP ROVED BROOM OR MOP- CLAMR The Scheule refen'ed to in these LettersPatent :md making partl of the sama To all wlwm tt may concern Be itknown that I, EUGENE CHAPMAN, of Lacon,

inthe county of Marshall, in'the State of Illinois, have invented a newand useful Broom or Mop-Olamp; and do hereby declare that the followingis a full,l clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe annexed drawing making a part .of this specification, in which likeletters of reference refer to like parts, and in whichw .'Figure lrepresent's my convertible broom or mopclamp, in perspective. Figure 2,a cross longitudinal section;

Figure 3, perspective view of theclainp, indicating.

its usefas a mop-clamp.

This invention consists of a clamp closed with lsliding rings ateither'side, which slide along its exterior rods or arms, the ends ofthe latter being fastened to the ,angles of the conical base, whichreceives the stnmps of the broom-brush, or the mop material.l

A represents a conical receiver for the brush, or

.the mop-rags, made of Sheet-iron, tin, orother convenieut material,which terminates at the smaller end in a tube or socket, c, whichreceiires the handle, to which it may be Secured by punching the metalin- Ward in several places with a sharp-pointed instru- The vmonth ofthe conical rcceiver-has lips, a a, which are bent inward at an angleand serrated, so as to retain the inserted broom-brush or rags, as thecase Bl B are stirrup-shaped clamps, made of strong j Wire, or iron rd,the corresponding ends of the same being secured together to the auglesof the month of the cone A'by pairs on either side..

The out-er opposing jaws'd (l are forced together by means of slip-ringsor hoops, b b, which embra'ee that part of the `clamp, on either side,between the Origin of the rods at the cone and the jaws d d. I i

The operation of this convertihle brooin and mopclamp. is almost tooobvious to need description, but the broom-corn is inserted into thecone A, the serrations a o not allowing any escape of the brush. Whenfull the jaws cl d are brought together by foroing the rings l) 'btoward the jaws (Z (Z, which secures the brush'..

Vhen the latter is worn out, fresh brush may be inserted.v i

The same process is applicable lto the insertion ofv mopfrags when thedevice is used for a. mop-eiainp.

What I claimv as my invcntion is- A convertible broom or mop-clamp, whencomposed 'of the conical' receiver A, its 'socket e, and sem'ated lips aa, in combination with the clamp B B, substantiall y as' and for thepurposes described'. I

Initestimony that I'claim the foregoingbroom and mop-clamp, I havehercunto 'set my hand this 30th day of July, A. D. 1870.

EUGENE C'HAPMAN. Witnesses:

Mi I), CHAPMAN, H. W. WELLs.

